TikTok says US House bill that could ban app would 'trample' free speech

TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell ... Read More

Senate poised to pass bill that could ban TikTok

The Senate is poised to pass a bill that could lead to a ban on the social media app TikTok that was tied to a broader foreign aid package of legislation. The Senate voted 80-19 to limit ... Read More

TikTok ban expected to become law, but it's not so simple. What's next?

The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts. Read More

When could the proposed TikTok ban take effect?

Should the bill pass and be signed as-is, ByteDance would have 270 days to divest TikTok. The company could receive an additional 90 days if necessary, as long as there is a sale in progress. reported ... Read More

Will There Be a TikTok Ban? When, Why and What You Should Know.

As TikTok’s parent company, the bill is to compel ByteDance to sell its stake. Such legislation could lead to the app ... such as Montana’s ban, which a federal judge deemed unconstitutional. Read More

TikTok makes $140K ad buy in Montana, but eclipsed by anti-China group spending

With commission rates for the ad agencies TikTok's spending in Montana totals $142,355. The ad claims the ban would hurt small business owners' livelihoods and more broadly chip away at grassroots ... Read More

Inside TikTok’s latest arguments against a ban

As House lawmakers weighed legislation earlier this month that could amount to a ban on TikTok ... of the app’s business. After the bill passed the House overwhelmingly, TikTok’s fate lies ... Read More

TikTok owner ByteDance stays hands-off as video app faces US ban, leaving local team to become more aggressive

The Chinese parent of TikTok ... app in the US, leaving the response to the local team and Singaporean CEO Chew Shou Zi as they face a possible legal battle against a forced sale or a ban ... Read More

Hoping to stall a ban, TikTok says it generated $14.7B for US small businesses last year

As U.S. lawmakers weigh a possible TikTok ban, the ByteDance-owned short-form video app released an economic impact report on Thursday. In it, the company touts the platform generated $14.7 ... Read More

Potential TikTok ban has Twin Cities business owners concerned

Marketers say this is sheer gold while critics say it's addictive. Now the China-based company faces a potential ban ... app, you are giving the TikTok app access to the data on your phone. So ... Read More

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance paying influencers to push its other app Lemon8 as ban looms

This is the moment the House passed a TikTok ban ... s CEO Shou Zi Chew as head of Lemon8 in an effort to find more synergy between the two apps. But on the Apple and Google app stores, Lemon8 ... Read More